7. Rome - Campo de' Fiori and the Jewish Ghetto

Campo de' Fiori hosts market stalls, ranging from fruit and veg to tacky souvenirs. In the evening it's a favourite hangout for young people, with lots of bars and birrerias.

Below: Souvenir stall
Below: By mid-afternoon the produce market is over. Serious shoppers come in the morning.

Below: The Fontana delle Tartarughe (Fountain of the Tortoises) in Piazza Mattei in the Jewish Ghetto. Commissioned by the Mattei family for their piazza, between 1581 and 1588. The tortoises were added by an unknown sculptor almost a century later.

Below: Wall stencil, Jewish Quarter.

Below: Casa di Lorenzo Manilio, Via del Portico d'Ottavia
The 15th century revival of interest in the arts and philosophy of antiquity inspires some people to build houses reminiscent of ancient Rome. In 1468, Lorenzo Manilio built this house for his family and decorated it with elegant classical inscription.

Below: Israeli flags and kosher shops in Via del Portico d'Ottavia

27. Lucca - the town

Lucca is a beautiful town, which was a Roman colony founded in 180 BC. The magnificent walls were built in the 16th to 17th century. Big, fat walls, still entirely intact. Lucca is a great city for walking and bike riding - possibly the most bike-friendly town I've been to in Italy.

Below: A courtyard off via Fillungo, the main shopping street.
Below: The Piazza del Anfiteatro, which is a market piazza which follows the outline of the ancient Roman amphitheatre.


Below: The outside of the piazza di anfiteatro
Below: Piazza Santa Maria, which has the tourist information office, and two bicycle hire shops.
Below: The Saturday market inside the walls
Below: The garden of Palazzo Pfanner
Below: Palazzo Pfanner and the campanile of the cathedral of San Martino

Below: A wall denouncing fascism
Below: a local bar


Below: Shop selling lots of limoncello
Below: Beautiful iron and brick work in the Piazza San Michele

Below: Graffiti at the railways station. Fuck Fascism.
Below: Nazi symbol placed in a bin labelled "Shit"

45. Avignon -artistic walls

Lots of trompe l'oeil and posters and stencil art/graffiti around Avignon. Here's a selection of what I saw.